In the series HMKV Video of the Month, HMKV presents in monthly rotation current video works by international artists – selected by Inke Arns.
Sam Lavigne: The Meta Experience
HMKV Video of the Month
01–30 April 2022
“The experience. Experience. Experiences. Metaverse is. Experience. The physical world. Glasses. The future. This future. The future reality. The world. The physical world. The real world. Meta. Company. Commerce. Community. Company. Companies. Companies.”
The short video by Sam Lavigne is a staccato-like montage of word snippets about the "Metaverse." The "Metaverse" is the new big thing of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. It is supposed to be the next level of “social media”, so to speak, and to connect on- and offline worlds in a kind of virtual reality. The video begins with Zuckerberg as the "beat-setter" of the big narrative – in which many other voices then join in. (IA)
Sam Lavigne is a Brooklyn-based artist whose work deals with data, surveillance, cops, natural language processing, and automation. http://lav.io
01–30 April 2022
Sam Lavigne
The Meta Experience
Video, 2021, 2:05 min.